Codex Brixianus
The Codex Brixianus is Latin Gospel Book. It is designated by the siglum f or VL10 in the Beuron numbering of Vetus Latina manuscripts.[1]Template:R/superscript The codex was probably produced in Ravenna, Italy.[1]Template:R/superscript Using the study of comparative writing styles (palaeography), it has been assigned to the 6th century.[1]Template:R/superscript It is currently housed at the Queriniana Public Library (Biblioteca Civica Queriniana) in Brescia, Italy.
Description
The manuscript is a codex (precursor to the modern book format) containing the text of the four Gospels written on 419 parchment folios.[1]Template:R/superscript The Gospels are in the "Western" order of Matthew, John, Luke, Mark.[2]Template:R/superscript It was named Brixianus after Brescia, where it is housed. The text is written in silver and gold ink on vellum which has been dyed purple.[2]Template:Rp[1] The text is written in single columns, 20 lines per page,[1]Template:R/superscript with Eusebian section numbers (an early division of the Gospels into referenceable sections) written in the left margin.[1]Template:R/superscript
It is a version of the Latin Vulgate translation of the Gospels with many old Latin readings, which seem to be connected with the Gothic translation of Ulfilas.[2]Template:R/superscript[1]Template:R/superscript At the base of each page is an artistic colonnade, very similar to that found in Codex Argenteus.[1]Template:R/superscript Furthermore, the Latin text shows readings which seem to be influenced by the Gothic Bible translation.[1]Template:R/superscript
There is a preface before the Gospels which discusses the difficulties of translation, with a specific comparison between Greek, Latin, and Gothic.[1]Template:R/superscript In this preface there appears to be a criticism of Jerome and his translation of the Gospels.[1]Template:R/superscript
Text
It has some gaps (Script error: No such module "Bibleverse".; Script error: No such module "Bibleverse".; Script error: No such module "Bibleverse".; Script error: No such module "Bibleverse".).[3][4][1]Template:R/superscript In Luke 7:31, it contains the phrase "tunc ergo iesus dixit" (Then therefore Jesus said).[5]
In John 11:41, alone of all the Old Latin Gospels, it had in the original hand the truncated reading "ubi fuerat" (where He was), a translation of the Greek Script error: No such module "Lang"., a reading found in the manuscripts Codex Alexandrinus (A), Codex Cyprius (K), Codex Guelferbytanus A (P), Uncial 0211, 0250, Family ƒ1, minuscule 22, 579, and some others. This matches the Gothic reading "þarei was."
History
The earliest history of the manuscript is unknown.[1]Template:R/superscript It was copied somewhere in North Italy, with most scholars pointing to Ravenna as the most likely location.[1]Template:R/superscript It is currently housed in the Queriniana Public Library (shelf number Evangelario purpureo) in Brescia.[1]Template:R/superscript
See also
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References
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- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Houghton, Hugh A. G. (2016). The Latin New Testament: A Guide to its Early History, Texts, and Manuscripts. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 53. ISBN 978-0-19-874473-3.
- ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Burkitt, Francis Crawford (1900). "The Vulgate Gospels and the Codex Brixianus". Journal of Theological Studies: 129–134.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament. Vol. 2. London: George Bell & Sons. p. 46.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Gregory, Caspar René (1902). Textkritik des Neuen Testamentes [The Textual Criticism of the New Testament]. Vol. 2. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs. p. 603.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.White, Henry Julian; Wordsworth, John; Sparks, Hedley Frederick Davis (1889). Nouum Testamentum Domini nostri Jesu Christi latine, secundum editionem Sancti Hieronymi. Robarts - University of Toronto. Oxonii, Clarendon.
Further reading
- Ms.Purpureo, full reproduction of the codex.
